A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from San Miguel del Puerto in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.1572 West, latitude 15.8602 North, depth = 16.96 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:57 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000ccwv. Event ids that are associated: us6000ccwv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.96 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 07:58:57 / October 25, 2020 @ 7:58 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas de Zicatela, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, San Pedro Pochutla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Santa María Huatulco (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSE of San Miguel del Puerto, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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